S. Sudan’s Machar in SA for medical treatment

Pretoria– South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar is in South Africa to receive medical treatment.

“Dr Riek Machar arrived on Wednesday, 12 October 2016 and his period of stay in the country is not known,” the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said on Thursday.

His visit to South Africa came nearly two months after he was flown from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Khartoum for treatment in August.

Machar fled South Sudan’s capital Juba, following fighting in July which saw him sustaining a leg injury.